Traumatic Injuries

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Many traumatic injuries can be prevented. ThinkFirst (http://www.thinkfirst.org/home.asp) is an organization that addresses prevention (research and policy) of injuries such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury (SCI), and other injuries. Explore the website and:

  1. Discuss a minimum of one prevention strategy to prevent TBI in children and youth.
  2. Describe the role teachers and other school staff should play in the area of prevention. Should schools be responsible for prevention programs? If not who?

 

APA Format 300 words

Briefly describe the results of your personality test.

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The assignment (1-2 pages)

  • Briefly describe the results of your personality test.
  • Briefly explain your values as they relate to work and family life.
  • Think about your personality and values as they relate to Erikson’s stage of Generativity vs. Stagnation as you answer these questions:
    • If you are NOT in the generativity stage yet, do you think your personality and values are predictive of what you will do in that stage of life? Describe your prediction or why you believe your personality and values would not be predictive.OR
    • If you ARE in the generativity stage, do you think there is a relationship between your personality, values, and generativity? Describe the relationship or why you think there is none.
    • Considering generativity as a continuum from most generative to most stagnant, on a scale of 1 to 10, where would you place yourself or your predicted self? Why?
  • Summarize your thoughts about the relevance of Erikson’s stage of generativity to your life based on your personality, values, and the activities in which you are engaged.

Note: Be sure to protect the identity of any persons you describe.

Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list only for those resources not included in the Learning Resources for this course.

Describe a faulty generalization you have made, and critique that generalization.

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text book

Paul, R. & Elder, L. (2012). Critical Thinking: Tools for taking charge of your learning and your life (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

 

apa style –

 

 

Question 1

 

Describe a faulty generalization you have made, and critique that generalization.

 

Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 2

 

Explain three of the fallacies from the textbook, and then provide instances from your own life where you have witnessed these fallacies at work.

 

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

 

 

 

 

 

Question 3

 

Describe the three types of thinkers, and present an example of each type from your own life.

 

Your response should be at least 500 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

 

 

Identify the personality disorder diagnosis that you think is appropriate for this character.

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To prepare for this assignment:

  • Review the personality disorders presented in Chapter 16 of Abnormal Psychology.
  • Consider some depictions of these personality disorders that you recall from literature, movies, television shows, or plays.
  • Make a list of some possible examples to analyze further.

The assignment: (1–2 pages)

  • Choose a character from a work of literature, movie, television show, or play, who, based on your assessment, would qualify for a personality disorder diagnosis.
  • Describe the character in adequate detail so that the reader knows who you are discussing; provide a sense of the character’s disorder.
  • Identify the personality disorder diagnosis that you think is appropriate for this character.
  • Specify, via three clear examples (behavioral examples are especially helpful), exactly how your nominee manifests the necessary symptoms of the given personality disorder (use the diagnostic features listed in Abnormal Psychology for this part of the assignment).
  • Comment briefly on possible causal factors, including those mentioned in the literature, movie, television program, or play (you should also cite the textbook or outside sources for support of your points regarding causal factors).